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How Secret Wars Happen: AFRICOM and Militarization Disguised as Humanitarianism
From 2006 to 2016, deployments of US Special Operations Command units to Africa climbed by a staggering 1600 percent. This militarization...
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May 15, 20176 min read


The Cuban Thaw
Last week, President Obama made modern history by becoming the first sitting president since Calvin Coolidge to set foot on Cuban soil....
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May 6, 20165 min read


The Patriarchy of Dynasties in the 2016 Presidential Elections
The media now drops the term “dynastic politics” almost as frequently as they mention Trump’s toupee. The January edition of the New York...
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Nov 22, 20155 min read


Macho (Wo)men in Politics
The United States has a long history of publicizing so-called “macho” men. Over the years, the prototypical macho American man has seen...
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Oct 21, 20155 min read


From Corn Dogs to Commander in Chief: How Candidates Regulate Health and Win Votes
It has already been over seven months since the 2016 campaign trail began winding its way through Iowa and New Hampshire, but a long road...
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Oct 5, 20154 min read


BPR Interviews: Theodore Olson
Theodore Olson served as legal counsel to President Ronald Reagan during the Iran-Contra affair and as United States Solicitor General...
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Mar 17, 20154 min read
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